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Kate on Color:

On the main floor of most homes it works best to have the colors in all rooms work together. This doesn't mean that all rooms have to be painted the same color. You can use your fabrics, accessories, and furnishings to tie the colors together. Read On »

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Not Just Any Orange & Brown

2nd Jul. '08 · Exterior Color Schemes · Tags: , , , , ,

Authored by Bethany Good

Today’s decorating dilemma:

Your advice is wonderful, and I’m hoping my home can be helped as well. Here’s why: Built in the 80’s, my country style home has 4 brick colors: a few tan, mostly orange, very few charcoal brown, and some a light orange. Currently, trim (over garage and all around, is slate blue. Shutters are blue with white trim. also have a country railing (white) around front porch. (all windows are those 80’s brown) My husband won’t repaint until I choose a different color, and we must paint extremely soon. I hate orange and brown…

Can you help?  ~Donna

Bethany*suggests:

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Yes!!  To start off with, notice all the different colors in the brick.  There must be a color in there that you can embellish, such as the tan.  The tan/beige colors also will look very well with the slate blue.  Also, slightly changing the existing brown color will make more of a difference than you might think.

A color of past decades is repeated years later altered slightly gives it the updated look.  A slight change makes all the difference!!

Another idea would be to take out the slate blue color altogether and replace it with the dark charcoal brown, 6076 Turkish Coffee, you have mentioned for the trim.  This color will look fabulous when coupled with a lighter color (pulled out of the brick conglomeration) such as Sherwin Williams Tatami Tan 6116 for the shutters.  Instead of just plain white for the rails, you can choose a white version of Tatami Tan: 7124 Crescent Moon- this slight change will give the home a cozy glow.

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*Not just Any Beth   

Be Bronzed Beautiful

18th Jun. '08 · Living Spaces · Tags: , , , ,

Authored by Bethany Good

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Today’s decorating dilemma: I need a little guidance, I am renovating a Katrina damaged home,. It is taking a long time and I want everything perfect, or as much as it can be.

I have a town home, living room, and kitchen run together, maple cabinets with a mocha stain, so the cabinets are basically almond with a little color, I am using teak, hand scraped floors throughout, not much light, just a large set of french doors leading to patio, and a small garden window in kitchen, I was thinking black galaxy granite, little spec of bronze, its beautiful, and oil rubbed chandeliers and faucets. Soooo, what color do I paint, or should I change something? please help! –Sharon

Bethany’s suggests:

It sounds like what you have is generally dark so I am envisioning a scheme with lots of contrast. (more…)   

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Paint color with red and beige

27th Mar. '08 · Living Spaces , Today's Decorating Dilemma · Tags: , , , , ,

Authored by Kate Smith

Today’s color dilemma…

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What color do I paint the walls? –Azsa

Kate suggests…

I would pick out the light color from the background of your sofa and go with that or a step darker. This would allow the sofa to visually blend into the space. I would use the same color on the walls and ceiling, which would help to expand the feeling of the room. If you want to add a bit more color I would do that by adding artwork or and area rug.

From the picture it looks like this may be close to what you have although the walls look like they are a bit more yellow (more…)   

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